There’s a new safety issue affecting the Toyota Land Cruiser, leading to this latest recall.
Three years ago, Toyota made a big splash with the new 250 Series Land Cruiser, later bringing the smaller iteration of its iconic nameplate to North America. Fast forward to today, and it’s now making another splash — though definitely not the kind you want to make. Toyota is now conducting a recall of approximately 106,000 new Land Cruisers in the United States for an issue with a fuel tube connection near the fuel tank, that could cause a leak and increase the risk of a fire.
If you’re keeping count, that figure pretty much equates to all 2024-2027 Toyota Land Cruisers sold since this generation first hit the streets for the 2024 model year. Toyota says that the problematic connection could starve the engine of fuel, eventually causing the vehicle to shut down. That is more of a best case scenario, as gasoline could potentially find an ignition source in a worse situation.
The automaker says it will notify all impacted owners by mid-December to return their Land Cruiser to the dealer for repairs. Dealer technicians will inspect the fuel tube connection and install a supplemental clamp to keep it from coming off, free of charge. If necessary, they will also completely replace the resin fuel tube leading into the fuel tank and install the clamp.
Again, this broadly impacts every new Land Cruiser sold in the US to date. That said, if you need more information on whether your vehicle is affected, you can check the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s recall website, or Toyota’s own recall page with your VIN or license plate number.
